2004 - John Braithwaite and Peter Drahos

The globalization of business can be made to work for the common good, say
two Australians who have won the 2004 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award
for Ideas Improving World Order.

Australian National University law professors John Braithwaite and Peter
Drahos will share the $200,000 cash prize for the ideas outlined in their book,
“Global Business Regulation,” published by Cambridge University Press in
2000.

The book sets forth strategies for developing regulations promoting social
justice, fair trade, consumer protection and economic development of Third World
nations while still allowing businesses to earn reasonable profits. The authors
based their work on interviews with some 500 leaders in business, government,
non-governmental organizations and international organizations such as the World
Trade Organization and International Monetary Fund.

Braithwaite and Drahos argue that non-governmental organizations are crucial
as networks promoting cooperation among governments and businesses, and that
motivated citizens and groups can influence businesses “to produce a more just
and equitable system benefiting global consumers.”

About the Winners

John Braithwaite

Braithwaite is a professor in the law program at Australian National
University in Canberra , where he also serves as chair of Regulatory
Institutions Network in the Research School of Social Sciences.

He holds a Ph.D. in sociology and a bachelor's degree with a psychology major
and honors in anthropology and sociology, both from the University of Queensland
.

Widely considered a top scholar in the field of business regulation and tax
compliance, Braithwaite has written or cowritten several books, including
“Corporate Crime in the Pharmaceutical Industry” (1984), “Of Manners Gentle:
Enforcement Strategies of Australian Business Regulatory Agencies” (1986),
“Responsive Regulation” (1992) and “Corporations: Crime and Accountability”
(1993).

A former consultant for the Australian Taxation Office, he was a delegate to
Australia 's National Tax summit in 1985 and was a member of the country's
Economic Planning Advisory Council from 1983 to 1987.

Peter Drahos

Drahos, a member of the law faculty at Australian National University , was
admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the South Australian Supreme Court in
1980. He is considered an expert in the area of intellectual property.

He holds a Ph.D. from Australian National, an L.L.M. from the University of
Sydney, an L.L.B. and bachelor's degree in legal practice from the University of
Adelaide and a graduate diploma in legal practice from the University of South
Australia .

For several years, Drahos was an officer of the Australian Commonwealth
Attorney-General's Department, where he drafted legislation. Later he served as
Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual Property at Queen Mary
College , University of London .

Active on a pro-bono basis with non-governmental organizations such as Oxfam
and Doctors Without Borders, Drahos is a regular speaker at major international
conferences. He has written several books, including “A Philosophy of
Intellectual Property” (1986) and “Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge
Economy?” (2002).